Pittsburgh is a city built on rivers, steel, and secrets.
When Detective First Grade Raymond Currier becomes convinced that a hidden criminal network is operating throughout the Northside, he begins a relentless investigation that only he seems able to see. Off his medication and consumed by a growing obsession, Raymond interprets ordinary lives as pieces of a vast conspiracy, drawing connections between neighbors, workers, churchgoers, and strangers who have done nothing more than go about their daily routines.
Over the course of seven days in April, Raymond's certainty grows stronger while reality slips further from his grasp. Residents find themselves questioned, watched, and followed by a detective whose authority grants him power, but whose judgment is rapidly deteriorating. As complaints mount and colleagues begin to recognize the danger, the line between investigation and persecution begins to disappear.
Set against the neighborhoods, bridges, and streets of Pittsburgh, Seven Days of April is a psychological thriller that explores paranoia, power, mental illness, and the devastating consequences of certainty unchecked by truth. Through multiple perspectives, the novel reveals how fear can distort perception, how institutions struggle to confront a crisis unfolding in plain sight, and how ordinary people become trapped in the path of a man convinced he is saving the city.
Atmospheric, unsettling, and deeply human, Seven Days of April is a gripping portrait of obsession and a powerful examination of the fragile boundary between vigilance and delusion.
